IMI has won the contract to supply an innovative package of transfer line and decoke valves for the first net-zero carbon emissions ethylene cracker, located in Canada.
Consisting of 15 36-in. IMI Z&J double disc through conduit (DDTC) gate valves, the package is notable for integrating the company’s patented erosion protection device, the IMI Z&J Beluga Hump, into each component’s decoke valve inlet nozzle. This solves a potential erosion issue affecting transfer line and decoking valves, which need to operate without error in the extremely hazardous environment inside the ethylene unit.
IMI Z&J DDTC valves are engineered, designed, and built to robust, fail-safe designs, tailor-made and fabricated to customer specifications in materials suited to demanding operating conditions. This step-by-step approach and fostering of productive working relationships proved vital to the company’s contract win, Ternes explains.
